Hoist



Sept. 17 1946.

4 E. W. BRUNDAGE HOIST Filed Jan. 24, 1945 Patented Sept. 17, 1946 `UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE HOIST Ellis W. Brundage, Sheridan, Mont.

Application January 24, 1945, Serial No. 574,272

. 3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to electric hoists, and more particularly to portable hoists adapted to be used with vehicles equipped with a storage battery. A

A main object of this invention is to provide a portable hoist of simple construction which will provide safe and positive action combined with ease in operation, and which is especially adapted to be mounted on a light truck, tractor or other desired vehicle.

Further objects of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims and from the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is an elevational view of an electric hoist in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a rear end elevational view of the electric hoist of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hoist of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view, showing the clutch shifting structure.

Referring to the drawing, I designates a housing for the hoist mechanism. Said housing is provided with a pair of mounting feet 3 and 4 adapted to support the housing on .a pair of correspondingly spaced appropriate pedestals provided on the supporting surface of the vehicle. Journaled at one end of the housing I is a shaft 2 carrying a drum 5 secured to its outer end, said drum 5 being provided with a hoist cable 6 wound thereon. The inner portion of shaft 2 carries a flywheel and clutch housing member 1 containing clutch disc elements 8.

Journaled between the opposite end wall of housing I, wherein a bearing 9 is provided therefor, and an axial bearing recess 26 provided in the inside wall of clutch housing member 1 is a shaft 21 extending outside of housing I and carrying a ratchet wheel Ill secured thereto. The driving disc components of clutch disc elements 8 are secured to fly-wheel member 1 whereas the driven disc components of said clutch elements 8 are secured to shaft 21.` When disc elements 8 are pressed together shaft 21 will be connected to ilywhee1 1. Cooperating with ratchet wheel I is a spring biased pawl member II, adapted to allow shaft 21, to rotate in a Iforward direction but to lock said shaft against rearward rotation. An arm I2 is provided on pawl memberY II and an appropriate tension spring connects arm I2 to housing I.

The clutch discs are pressed together by an annular plate I3 carried by fingers I4 which are connected to fingers I projecting from the inner sleeve of a bearing assembly I6. The inner sleeve of bearing assembly I 6 is keyed to shaft 21 for longitudinal movement thereon. The outer sleeve of bearing I6 is formed to thrust the inner sleeve along shaft 21 to urge plate I3 against clutch discs 8, appropriate` anti-friction elements being provided between said inner sleeve and said outer sleeve to permit rotation of shaft 21 with respect to said outer sleeve. Said outer sleeve of bearing I6 is provided with a peripheral grooveI1. Groove I1 is engagedby an appropriate follower lug on an arm I8 .secured to a shaft I9 journaled in the walls of housing I. Shaft I9 extends outside of housing I and an external operating lever` 20 is rigidly secured to the end thereof. It is apparent that by'pulling on operating lever 20, arm I8 will cause thrust bearing I6 to force clutch plate I3 inwardly to press the clutch disc elements 8 together and rotatably connect shaft 21 to flywheel 1.

Flywheel 1 is provided with 'an integral peripheral gear element 2I. An electric motor 22 adapted to be driven from a storage battery is mounted on an appropriate bracket 2.3 at the lower portion of housing I. The armature shaft of motor 22 extends into housing I beyond gear 2I and is journaled in a cradle-shaped bearing member 24. Said armature shaft is provided with a thread which is engaged by a correspondingly threaded bore provided in a pinion gear 25 carried on said armature shaft and arranged so that when motor 22 is driven from a storage battery of the correct polarity, pinion 25 will be moved by said armature shaft into mesh with gear 2I and will thereafter drive gear 2l.

Motor 22 isconnected by appropriate conductors to the vehicle storage battery and an appropriate control switch is provided therefor. By closing the circuit, motor 22 will be actuated to thereby drive gear 2| and fiywheel 1 to thereby rotate hoist drum 5 and provide hoisting power at cable 6.

Reverse movement of gear 2|, with motor 22 disconnected, will automatically disengage pinion 25 from gear 2I and will thus have no harmfu1 effect on motor 22.

The thread on the armature shaft of motor 22 extends only for a length suiicient to allow pinion 25 to move into meshing engagement with gear 2I when motor 22 is driven in the .correct direction of rotation. The end of the thread thus provides an abutment means for maintaining the pinion 25 in engagement with driven gear 2I during hoisting operation of motor 22.

In operation, after the load has been lifted the operator engages clutch elements 8 by exerting a pull on lever while the hoist is still operating. Forward rotation of shaft 21 is permitted by pawl Il under these conditions. When it is desired to lower the load, motor 22 is deenergized and the operator may drop the load by relaxing his pull on lever 2li. Under these conditions rearward rotation of shaft 21 is not permitted due to the locking action of' paWl Il on ratchet "wheel l0. Lever'20 may therefore be employed to brake the rearward rotation of shaft 2, and the lowering of the load, by controlling the pressure ap-` plied to clutch disc elements 8.

While a 'specific embodiment of a portable hoist has been'disclosed in the foregoing description,.

Y ing engagement with said gear means upon acit will be understood that various modiiicationsw within the spirit of the invention will occur toA those skilled in the art.

ed that no limitations befplaced on the invention otherthan as defined by the scope of the appendedclaims. A

What is claimed is:

f1.` A hoist comprising a 'rst horizontal 'shaft carrying .at one end a drum for winding a hoist cable and at the other end a flywheel member, a Clutch housing, said iirst shaft being jonrnaled at an intermediate portion thereof in `a first wall of said clutch housing, a second horizontal shaft aligned with saidrst shaft and journaled at one end in 'said iiywheel member andv at the other end in a second wall of saidclutch housing, said seco-nd -shaft carrying la ratchet element, pawl means on said clutch housing arranged to allow rotation of said second'shaft onlyrin acable winding direction of said first shaft when said first-and second shafts are coupled together, 'said flywheel member being provided with a rst clutch element, said second shaft being provided with a second" clutch element secured thereto to cooperate with said first lclutch element to rotatably connect -said second Shaft to said flywheel member, means for moving said second clutch element into operative engagement with Therefore, it is inten-,dl-

-tuation of said motor by a source of electric power of definite polarity,

abutment means maintainingsaid pinion member in meshing en- --gagement l' with said gear means during `opera-- tion of said motor, said definite polarity of the power source being such as to rotate said motor shaft'top'roduce rotation of said iirst hoist shaft in the winding direction of said hoist cable.

2. rIhe'fstructurer of claim l, and wherein the means for moving said second clutch element into'operative engagement with said first clutch Yelement comprises a'thru'st bearing member having an inner sleeve keyed to said second shaft for longitudinal movement thereon and'carrying means for exerting a .force on said second clutch element to press it against said rst clutch element, Yand an outer sleeve on said inner sleeve, anti-friction members beingprovided between said innersleeve and said outersleeve, and actuating means for movingsaid outer sleeve.

3. The s-tructure of claim -1, and wherein :the inwardly extending motor shaft is supported at itsinner end by a bearing member secured to a,

wall of saidhou-sing and whereinsaid Labutment means for maintaining 'said pinion member .in meshing engagement with said gear means lduring operation of ysaid ymotor is r `formed by terminating the thread on said motor shaft-at a point 'said-first clutch element, gear-means formed on f on lsaid shaft sufficient to allow .said pinion member to be moved intomeshing .eng-agement with Ysaid gear upon rotation ofY said `motor shaft.

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